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ncftp via ssh tunnel
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: ncftp via ssh tunnel
- From: rotaiv <rotaiv at biapo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 14:37:54 -0500
(I haven't seen this message or any replies come through so I apologize if
this is a duplicate)
I am trying to use ncftp to tunnel through an SSH session with no
luck. This is what I am doing:
<bash session 1>
$ ssh -L 21:ftpserver:21 -l user -N ftpserver
<bash session 2>
$ ncftp -u user localhost
ncftp > set passive on
ncftp > dir
The ncftp session connects, enters passive mode but hangs when I do a
directory listing. When I look at the logs on the ftpserver, it shows the
client entering passive mode then nothing else. Eventually, I will get a
"Data connection timed out" error with ncftp.
CuteFTP in passive mode works just fine and will connect to the remote FTP
server using localhost and the ssh tunnel. If I try it on a Linux box, the
ncftp client also connects but gives me a "connect failed: Invalid
argument" when I try to do a directory listing. Obviously, I am missing
something hear so any help would be appreciated.
In case it is important, the ftp server is "Serv-U 3.0" running on NT 4 SP 6a.
Regards,
rotaiv
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